This is a very attractive detached period property over 200 years of age sitting in a very generous plot of approximately 0.35 acres with electronic gate access and visitor intercom.

Full Planning Permission had already been granted to extend the current dwelling and create an extra dwelling. The potential to revise the planning consent (now lapsed) would be a simple process.

Details of the past Planning Permission can be seen online via the Blackburn with Darwen BC planning portal. (Original Ref 10/06/1356, Renewal Ref 10/10/0214 & Extended Ref until March 2017 is 10/13/0319). Since this planning consent was granted permission has been given to remove three large sycamore trees from the garden, which extends the development potential.

The property currently offers unique accommodation with all the original features you would expect within a period cottage, such as beamed ceilings. The current owner has updated the property in certain areas including gas central heating [recently fitted Worcester combi-system], kitchen, second bathroom and double glazing.

The accommodation provides a front porch with stone bench seating, a charming lounge with a stone mini-inglenook fireplace, a downstairs guest bedroom along with a downstairs bathroom/WC, a really spacious dining kitchen and a traditional larder room. Upstairs there are two double bedrooms and a fully tiled main bathroom /WC.

The property has a private driveway [with electronic gates and intercom] from Cravens Avenue.

ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor

Porch 1.83m x 1.12m (6ft 1ins x 3ft 8ins)
The property is entered through a front porch with the outer door having upper leaded glazed panels. The porch features an attractive stone 'bench' seat, ceramic tiled flooring and a rail with coat hooks for outdoor wear. A radiator is fitted. An inner door gives access through to the lounge.

Lounge 4.45m x 3.98m (14ft 7ins x 13ft 1ins)
A really charming principal reception room with ceiling beams, two 'offset' rear windows, one front facing window and a lovely original mini-inglenook stone fireplace within which sits a gas living flame Esse stove. The central heating radiator is neatly concealed behind a fretwork cover. There are several wall light points and a television aerial socket.

Hallway 3.85m x 0.90m (12ft 7ins x 3ft)
This has a beamed ceiling and attic storage space over. With access doors to all ground floor rooms and the staircase to the first floor.

Alternative room currently used as a bedroom downstairs 4.07m x 3.15m (13ft 4ins x 10ft 4ins)
This versatile room has at times been used as a bedroom, second lounge and a study - currently a guest bedroom. It has two rear windows, an exposed ceiling beam, a radiator, a stone feature fire surround and hearth and wall light points. TV Ariel point.

The Dining Kitchen 5.01m x 2.29m (16ft 5ins x 7ft 6ins) plus Larder.
Overall, the Dining Kitchen and Kitchen larder area have great cottage appeal as they are in-keeping with the quaintness of the property yet also contain a generous well-equipped kitchen with ample room for a formal dining table and chairs and plenty of storage in the open plan kitchen larder area. The ceiling is beamed and the floor surface is ceramic tiled. The preparation area is comprehensively fitted with contemporary units at both base and eye level. There is both ceiling down-lighting and 'under counter' lighting beneath wall cupboards. There are dedicated recesses and connections for a gas cooker and an automatic washing machine. TV Ariel point.

Bathroom/WC 2.11m x 2.05m (6ft 11ins x 6ft 8ins)
A very contemporary yet 'cottage feel' bathroom with fully tiled wall and floor surfaces. It offers a white three piece suite comprising of a wood panelled bath, a pedestal washbasin and a low-flush WC. There is a Grohe shower mixing unit above the bath and electric bathroom fan and shaver socket have been installed. The ceiling is beamed.

EXTERNAL
A private driveway leads up from Cravens Avenue. There are electronic gates with intercom, a double garage with water supply (previously used as a workshop), summer house and shed. The perimeter is tree lined and generous with a cottage/woodland garden and pond surrounds the cottage.

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